Lisa Unger Quotes

When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things.

Everybody has a lot of darkness in them because without that you're not a whole person.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.

I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.

I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days when I feel paralyzed, days when I feel like a slug. Then I have days when I have good energy, I've read the newspaper and I've done different things.

Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.

Our sense of worth, of well-being, even our sanity depends upon our remembering. But, alas, our sense of worth, our well-being, our sanity also depend upon our forgetting.

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

Everybody fights demons. Some are worse than others.

I'm just trying to stay within myself every day and keep going.

You've got to tune out the other people and tune in to what's going on inside. Love yourself. Nourish your body.

I've never made a conscious effort to do anything about my psychological side. I just try to think positively and enjoy it.

How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole

'Scar Tissue' is the only book I've ever written when I've felt completely toxic, ill.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.

Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.